Grade: 8

Unit: Ups & Downs

Student Learning Map

Unit Essential Question: How do patterns of change determine the type of function?

Concept: Patterns of Change

Concept: Linear Change

Concept: Nonlinear Change

Lesson Essential Questions: How do I represent patterns of change mathematically?

Lesson Essential Questions: What makes a growth pattern linear?

Lesson Essential Questions: What makes a growth pattern non-linear?

Vocabulary: line graph, linear growth, median (preview), mean, horizontal axis, vertical axis, rate of change, function

Vocabulary: starting point (with an emphasis on it not having to be the y-intercept), point of intersection, next-current formula, direct formula, function

Vocabulary: squared number, area, first difference, second difference, formula, quadratic growth, pie, radius, growth factor, exponential growth, periodic graph, period, cycle, exponential decay, negative growth, half-life, milligram, function

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Updated August 2013

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